Fruitland man draws three-year sentence for assaulting girlfriend in 2022 incident
A Fruitland man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to an assault charge earlier this year in which his gir...
A Fruitland man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to an assault charge earlier this year in which his girlfriend was seriously injured. Anderson Buck, 40, of Fruitland, a member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury on April 28 in federal court. The charge stems from a Nov. 17, 2022, incident in which Buck and his girlfriend were drinking alcohol and driving around the area of Nenahnezad, according to court documents and a news release from the U.